Over this past year, I’ve had a fascination with bringing dead vehicles back to life. Obviously, a big portion of that program involves making the vehicle more than just a moveable lawn paperweight…if it doesn’t run and drive, it’s pointless. But if a vehicle has been sitting for any amount of time, especially outdoors, there is the task of making the vehicle livable. What does that mean? Let’s dive back to one of my first-ever project vehicles, in fact my second car, a 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass. This was a Western Washington car that had been sitting outside with a just about dead 260 V8, but the engine was the least of the problems. When we drug it home, we had to rinse off the layer of green algae that formed all over the body, and then we had to deal with the interior, which was full of mold. Two days, steam cleaning and plenty of cleaning chemicals later, the interior was actually a livable space.

Compared to this Eagle Talon, however, my Cutlass was a walk in the freaking park. On the surface, this was just a car parked under trees for a few years. but take notice of the full-body suits and respirators that these guys are utilizing…this DSM was without question disgusting. In fact, Ammo NYC has bluntly called this Talon the biggest health-hazard of a detail job that they’ve ever done. The car is supposed to be exported out of the country, so before that can happen the absolute nightmare that this long-slumbering Eagle has become has to be dealt with.

All we can say: better you than us, buddy.